Film Screening & Discussion
Thursday, September 28 at 3:00pm
Museum of the Rockies, 600 W Kagy Blvd | Bozeman, MT
FREE ADMISSION | Speakers
Our Mission:
Changing Lives.
The mission of Tsering's Fund (“TF”) is to provide help to the underprivileged in Nepal through private donations. We find deserving children, young women and families in Nepal and help change their lives through educational scholarships, medical care and basic living assistance.
Our GOAL:
Create lasting change by uplifting the lives of Nepali individuals and families in some of the country’s most underserved communities — including Kathmandu, Chautara, the Khumbu Valley, Melamchi, Dhakalkot, and Chyangba — through direct, personal impact
Helambu: How One School Changed Everything
A powerful short film capturing the voices and resilience of girls and families in Nepal’s Helambu region — and how Tsering’s Fund is helping them rise above systemic barriers to education, safety, and opportunity.
OUR STORY:
Tsering's Fund has been changing the lives of children, young women and families in Nepal through education, medical care and basic living assistance since 2007 . We make a difference for those who need it most. We want donations to be spent where they are needed most, so we are proud that 91% of donations are used to support our programs in Nepal and help those in need.
OUR IMPACT:
Tsering's Fund helps some of the world's poorest people, right where they live. We raise children and families from desperation. What we do is locally overseen by TF board members and volunteers who know the communities and the region. There is no overhead and no waste. Needy families are lifted up to new lives and hopes, for generations to come.
100% of all donated resources bring aid directly to those in need.
SINCE 2007, Tsering's Fund has provided:
Education for thousands of children, including more than 350 children last year
Food, shelter, clean water and electricity
Healthcare and dental care
College scholarships
School rebuilding and orphanage assistance
Earthquake relief
$3.2M+
Dollars Raised
Since 2007, Tsering’s Fund has raised over $3.2 million to transform the lives of children and families across Nepal. This impact is made possible by generous one-time gifts and the continued support of dedicated annual donors — many of whom sponsor individual children throughout their entire educational journey.
18+
Years Serving NEPAL
Tsering’s Fund was officially established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Montana in 2007, building on a grassroots effort that began in the 1990s by Karen Fellerhoff and Tsering Dolkar Lama. What started as a personal mission has grown into a global community of support, providing life-changing education — often in English-medium schools — to children in need, including many orphans and vulnerable young women across Nepal. Despite its growth, Tsering’s Fund continues to thrive through the hands-on involvement of compassionate volunteers from around the world.
450+
CHILDREN Impacted Annually
Tsering’s Fund has had a direct impact on thousands of children, many of them orphans, and young women. By giving them an excellent English language education in a safe, healthy environment these young people have a bright future ahead and will help bring change and hope to their families, communities and Nepal in general. Other projects developed by TF have impacted thousands of Nepalis through school reconstruction, orphanage relief and other infrastructure projects.
OUR PROGRAMS:
Tsering's Fund programs provide life-altering assistance to the vulnerable and needy in Nepal on many levels including education, health and dental care, prevention of child trafficking and positive tangible change for children in Nepal. The majority of children supported by TF are girls and young women from very poor families that may not otherwise have opportunity throughout their lives.
EDUCATION
Nothing looks more clearly toward the future than education. And nothing else has education’s power to transform lives. For Nepali children, Sherpas, and village girls at risk to traffickers —for any child facing daunting odds because of caste, gender, disability or poverty—education offers a path forward to opportunity and hope, and the freedom to make choices in a world that will almost certainly be very different from their parents’.
HEALTH & DENTAL CARE
Life-saving. For many in Nepal, healthcare is unaffordable and out of reach. We help children and families, many of whom have never seen a doctor before, to receive medical care.
Life-changing. Oral health is important, too. Children sponsored by TF receive routine dental care and related services such as orthodontics as a part of our programs.
STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING
Each year, as many as 20,000 girls from the poorest parts of rural Nepal are trafficked. They and their families are tricked with false promises of good jobs or lured by proposals of marriage from handsome strangers. They end up in brothels, in homes and factories as slaves, or forced into child marriage, their young lives cut short by trauma and abuse.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Over the years TF has funded many different special projects. Following the earthquakes of 2015 funding was provided to rebuild two schools near Melamchi, just north of Kathmandu. Other projects include providing dining hall furniture for a retirement home for Tibetan refugees, installing a new water system and equipment for a local medical clinic, bringing hydroelectric power to the remote village of Chyangba as well as numerous other special projects. TF volunteers are continuously looking for ways to bring help and hope where it can do the most good.
GET INVOLVED:
There are many ways to get involved with Tsering's Fund.
Sponsor A Child
Direct sponsorship offers the opportunity to interact with and witness the impact of your contribution firsthand.
BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR
A donation of as little as $5 monthly will help us find and change the life of a vulnerable Nepali girl living in desperate poverty and at constant risk to child trafficking.
Volunteer Your Skills
From graphic design to grant writing, photography to marketing — we welcome professional skills that support our mission.